Etymology

Legazpi

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Today it means: A city, the provincial capital of Albay, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines. Full definition →

Spanish Legazpi ← Basque Legazpi
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The story

  1. Basque · derived fromLegazpi
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromLegazpi
  3. English todayLegazpi

Borrowed from Spanish Legazpi, from Basque Legazpi. Named after Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.